Exclusive interview with Serhii Plokhy: Lessons from History
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Day 550.
The history of Ukraine and Russia is a subject that has come up again and again on this podcast. Good history and ‘bad’ history underpin how all of us understand the origins, reasons and justifications for the ongoing full-scale invasion. One guiding light is Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy: professor of Ukrainian history and Director at the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University.
His books, from ‘The Gates of Europe’ to the recently released 'Russo-Ukrainian War' are essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of Ukraine and its history.
David Knowles spoke to Professor Plokhy recently about Ukrainian and Russian history, parallels with the Second World War and revelations in his new book.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on Twitter.
Serhii Plokhy (Director, Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University).
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| 0:00.0 | The Telegraph. |
| 0:03.0 | Podcasts. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm David Knowles, and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:15.0 | Gravery takes you through the most |
| 0:18.0 | unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:24.0 | We need a military strategy |
| 0:26.0 | for Ukraine to gain a decisive advantage on the battlefield, |
| 0:29.0 | to win the war. |
| 0:31.0 | Nobody is going to break us. |
| 0:33.0 | We're strong. We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:37.0 | The history of Ukraine and Russia |
| 0:39.0 | is a subject that has come up again and again on this podcast. |
| 0:42.0 | Good history and bad history |
| 0:44.0 | underpins how all of us understand the origins, |
| 0:47.0 | reasons and justifications for the ongoing full-scale invasion. |
| 0:51.0 | One guide for me is Ukrainian historian Serhi Blocki. |
| 0:55.0 | Blocki is professor of Ukrainian history |
| 0:57.0 | and director of the Ukrainian research institute |
| 0:59.0 | at Harvard University. |
| 1:01.0 | His books, from the gates of Europe |
| 1:03.0 | to the recently released Russo-Ukrainian War, |
| 1:05.0 | are essential reading for anyone seeking a deeper understanding |
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